Nisson Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Nisson usually leads back to Nissen. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “The son of Nis, a pet form of Nils (champion), or Nicolaus (people's victory)”.

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How the spelling arose

Records show Nisson as one of the forms Nissen took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Nisson ranked 58,337 in the 2010 US Census, with 348 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames. For the full story, order the Nisson surname pack.